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GHSA-H8XQ-RX7H-94J2

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2022-04-23 00:03 – Updated: 2022-05-07 00:01

Details

A potential vulnerability by a driver used during manufacturing process on some consumer Lenovo Notebook devices' BIOS that was mistakenly not deactivated may allow an attacker with elevated privileges to modify secure boot setting by modifying an NVRAM variable.

Severity

6.7 (Medium)


                  
                    CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

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CVE-2021-3972 (GCVE-0-2021-3972)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2022-04-22 20:30 – Updated: 2024-08-03 17:09

Summary

Severity

6.7 (Medium)


                        
                          CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CWE

CWE-489 - Leftover Debug Code

Assigner

lenovo

References

1 reference

URL	Tags
https://support.lenovo.com/us/en/product_security…	x_refsource_MISC

Impacted products

1 product

Vendor	Product	Version
Lenovo	Notebook BIOS	Affected: various

Credits

Lenovo thanks Martin Smolár from ESET for reporting this issue.

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Not exploited: The vulnerability was not observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
Not confirmed: The user expressed doubt about the validity of the vulnerability.
Not patched: The vulnerability was not observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.

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GHSA-H8XQ-RX7H-94J2

CVE-2021-3972 (GCVE-0-2021-3972)

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